# Nathanael Skore — The Red Room character guide

> Nathanael Skore in The Red Room by August Strindberg.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Skore, the Rev. Nathanael Skore

**First appearance:** 0018-xix-from-churchyard-to-public-house

## Who they are

A clergyman who appears in the narrative.

## In the story

### [VII: The Imitation of Christ](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_red_room_se/chapters/vii-the-imitation-of-christ)

A popular preacher who runs a commercialized Christian printing empire, wears riding-boots, and pressures Falk to write his biography.

### [Divine Ordinance](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_red_room_se/chapters/xiii-divine-ordinance)

The pastor leading the committee; manipulates the meeting to appoint his relative as treasurer with a salary, and deflects criticism of printing donors' names.

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